Developers Celebrate Fulbright Re-opening
by May 19, 2008 12:00 am 65 views
On May 14, Fayetteville developers Ted Belden, Richard Alexander, Rob Merry-Ship and John Nock celebrated the official ribbon cutting for the new redesigned and refurbished Fulbright Building on east Dickson Street in Fayetteville.
The group oversaw the $7.9 million renovation project. Renovation work was financed by First Federal Bank of Harrison.
The foursome began remodeling the 1962 building, which previously housed the Fayetteville Public Library, in 2006.
Marlon Blackwell was the architect for the project and used copper, steel and glass throughout the entire building. During the restoration process, Blackwell attempted to retain the building’s integrity and image and designed the building using a “ship in a bottle” theme Merry-Ship said.
The new meeting room can accommodate five to 1,000 people and has sound and fiber-optic capabilities. A zinc shroud acts as a sound barrier for the area.
The remainder of the 36,000-SF, two-story building is divided into class A office space.
The building is about 95 percent occupied.